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Issue: Vol. 5613 No. 3: 28 Mar. 2025
Type: Article
Published: 2025-03-28
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5613.3.5
Page range: 519-536
Abstract views: 97
PDF downloaded: 50

New Species of Biting Midges in the Dasyhelea atlantis-bermudae Complex (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae)

Florida State Collection of Arthropods; Florida Department of Agriculture & Consumer Services; 1911 SW 34 Street; Gainesville; Florida 32614–7100; U.S.A.
Florida Keys Mosquito Control District; 503 107 Street; Marathon; Florida 33050; U.S.A.
Diptera Forcipomyiinae new taxa Nearctic Neotropics

Abstract

We provide a review of biting midges in the Dasyhelea atlantis-bermudae complex in the D. mutabilis group in the United States and Caribbean region. We also describe and include photomicrographs of D. atlantis Wirth & Williams, D. bermudae W. & W., three new species from Florida and a 4th new species from Jamaica. A key to adults in the D. atlantis-bermudae complex is provided as well as the first records of D. atlantis from Mexico and a new USA record from Maryland.

 

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How to Cite

Jr., W.L.G. & Hribar, L.J. (2025) New Species of Biting Midges in the Dasyhelea atlantis-bermudae Complex (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae). Zootaxa, 5613 (3), 519–536. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5613.3.5